Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said that Operation al-Aqsa Flood will remain a historic milestone for the Palestinian nation, as it shattered the illusion of a so-called "Greater Israel" project.
Speaking about the al-Aqsa Flood on Tuesday, Hamdan said that the operation carried out by Palestinian resistance groups deep inside the occupied territories in early October 2023 proved to be a prelude to the eventual "vanishing" of the Israeli entity.
"The most dangerous aggression is not the killing and destruction operations, but Netanyahu's talk about the Greater Israel project," the Hamas official said.
“Israel is an aggressive entity in the region that attacks not only the Palestinians but also Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Qatar,” he added.
The notion of "Greater Israel" has been floated by different Israeli politicians; however, it gained momentum recently due to the regime's relentless aggression across the West Asian region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli media in August that he feels a deep connection to "this vision" of a "Greater Israel,” referring to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories as well as parts of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, describing it as “a historical and spiritual mission.”
Hamas back then denounced Netanyahu’s comments as “madness and delirium” that govern his behavior and his extremist government.
Hamdan further stressed that the Israeli regime had failed to achieve any of its stated goals after more than two years of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
"The Palestinian people have practically confirmed that they are holding onto their right to steadfastness on the besieged land despite two years of the Israeli genocidal war of annihilation."
The Hamas official further added that "Israel aimed for the resistance to surrender, but no fighter raised the white flag, dropped his weapon, or stopped fighting during two years of war.”
Hamdan said that Israel was forced to accept the latest ceasefire deal with the Palestinians.
"The resistance reached a ceasefire agreement in Gaza more than once, but the occupation quickly reneged on the accord. Everyone reached a conclusion after two years: that all this suffering did not break the Palestinian people, and the harshness of the battle did not push the resistance to leave the field."
He said that the advantage of the ceasefire agreement was the announcement of the end of the war, as the first step, contrary to what Israel and its Western backers were seeking.
“There is a divergence in Western and American positions, but the common factor among them is that the continuation of the aggression has begun to inflict losses on the Zionist entity's arena. There is a will among all parties, with the exception of the Zionist entity, to stop the war," Hamdan added.
Last month's ceasefire was a preliminary deal, not a complete agreement, "and we have three stages ahead of us, the first of which we have completed so far,” the Hamas official said.
US President Donald Trump pushed for a ceasefire deal, engaging regional powers and both parties to halt hostilities and allow humanitarian aid into the besieged strip.
However, Trump's 20-point Gaza deal has been fragile from the start, with Israel violating the agreement multiple times, killing hundreds of Palestinians.
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